True Romance with Carolina Barlow and Devin Leary

Devin and Carolina are joined by writer/performer/comedian/Brooklyn Mom impressionist SYDNEY BATTLE to discuss being hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, led astray! We are talkin’ LIES and the LIARS that make them this week. We get into dishonesty in relationships, lying on a first date, lying to cope with reality, munchausens, and Sydney’s personal connection to the infamous Fyre Festival....

Carolina and Devin are spiritually joined by their good friend Britney to discuss shame, trauma, and more feelings they wish on Matt Lauer. They also get into the plight of McDonald’s jingle writer Justin Timberlake, how capitalism created the Paparrazzi, and Britney’s Instagram S.O.S’s. Plus, they detour into The Criterion Collection’s “Jersey Shore”, lackluster Super Bowl performances, and the J...

This week, Carolina and Devin are joined by comedian/writer/icon Janelle James (Black Monday, Central Park) to discuss red flags - the ones we ignore and the ones we present to others. We cover men scamming us with therapy terms, the dreaded notes app, old school flirting, introducing significant others to friends and more. Janelle gives such amazing red flag advice to the listeners of her podcast...

Carolina and Devin talk major financial news like Steve Mnuchin’s wife’s upcoming film about being greedy and why her husband insists she’s not greedy at all! The girls also go over some of the worst date stories submitted by their lovely listeners and recount THE WORST DATE OF ALL TIME. They are then joined by comedian/writer GINNY HOGAN (Author of Toxic Femininity in the Workplace) to discuss qu...

Devin and Carolina are joined by actor Zachary Booth (Damages, The Other Two, After Louie) to discuss getting naked on Chatroulette, psychics, mediums, witchiness, signs from Marilyn Monroe and loss. Devin and Carolina also talk Armie Hammer and the teen pop star romances they love. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Carolina and Devin discuss the Kimye divorce and the pros and cons of Harry Styles, then delve into the good, the bad and the incels from the 2009 film "(500) Days of Summer." Plus we are BLESSED by a Degrassi-themed Quarantween segment by our correspondent Jessie Kanevsky! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carolina and Devin are joined by comedian/writers and hosts of the BALD TALK podcast Brian Huskey and Charlie Sanders to discuss how good bald showers feel, insecurities, nightmare tinder dates, and FALLING IN LOVE before and after divorce. Devin and Carolina also make sure to discuss every story they know about people sh*tting their pants. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpod...

This week, Carolina and Devin are joined by the hilarious and insightful comedy troupe OBAMA’S OTHER DAUGHTERS. You may know these four comedians from their Comedy Central sketches or from the YOU DOWN? Podcast - Ashley Holston, Maame-Yaa Aforo, Shakira Ja’nai Paye and Yazmin Monet Watkins came to True Romance to discuss man children, being bamboozled and flim flammed, historical f*ckbois, height...

The gals prepare for the new year and answer listener questions. Devin discusses a new cinema discovery and Carolina may bring home an alpaca to her family. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carolina and Devin forced comedian/podcaster Bianca Brady to spend a second hour with them so they could glean more of her wisdom on things like codependency and stopping to smell the roses in the form of eating a really good cheeseburger. Bianca also shares her unparalleled and honestly historic breakup story and Devin and Carolina get into some headlines of the week. Learn more about your ad-cho...

Devin and Carolina are joined by comedian and podcaster and celebrity bone structure scientist Bianca Brady to talk about everything from the power of Worcester aunts to Rooney Mara’s pointiness to the difference between the coccyx and the iliac crest! Carolina and Bianca discuss dating during and after medical trauma and dating when you’re incapable of small talk. Devin likes to listen. Learn mor...

Carolina and Devin talk HOLIDAY ROMANTIC COMEDIES, an underrated genre, with the one & only Tess Sitzmann, who famously has platonic male friends. They hit on all of our favorite and not so favorite holiday movies and the romantic relationships within them. Listen to them discuss holiday rom com topics such as wanting to be a Harry, but really being a Sally, the two sides of Hugh Grant, the fa...

Devin and Carolina will show their children this episode one day, as proof that they talked to THE London Hughes (comedian, writer, performer) about the sexual appeal of a Staten Island accent, the shrinking dating pool for successful women, holiday romance, and the craziest Las Vegas story of all time. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/lis...

Carolina and Devin talk all things Thanksgiving: bringing your partner home for the holidays, experiencing eating disorders, throwing the WiFi router at Grandma, and Devin’s infamous chili night. They also answer two listeners questions about dating roommates and coworkers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The girls are joined by their funniest & cruelest friend Beth Jacobs Cohon, and their new friend/author KENDALL LONG (The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise) to discuss dating in BACHELOR NATION, fighting in Paradise, staying awake for rose ceremonies, and pole vaulting over fences for love. Beth serves as our expert Bachelor Nation correspondent and helps us answer a listener question on what to...

Carolina and Devin discuss the romantic histories of the new President and VP elects and then are joined by comedian/writer Julia Shiplett to discuss the trials and tribulations of middle school and how PEN15 perfectly captures it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Devin and Carolina distract themselves with listeners’ questions. They talk Incels on The Bachelorette, the end of the honeymoon phase, being yourself in relationships, and falling in love at Dunkin Donuts among other topics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The True Romance HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Carolina and Devin are joined by comedian/writer/director Chelsea Devantez to discuss Scientology, Tom Cruise, getting drunk on a cruise, and when Leah Remini got fully thrown off a cruise. We also talk THE VOW and dive into the real villains of NXIVM. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Actress/Comedian Sherry Cola (GOOD TROUBLE) joins Carolina and Devin to discuss the classic film A WALK TO REMEMBER. They deconstruct the movie’s cinematic motif’s such as Mandy Moore’s cardigan, Shane West’s dance aversion, and the alternate plot lines left out by legendary Nicky Sparks. Carolina and Devin also answer advice e-mails about break-up planning and coping. Learn more about your ad-cho...

Comedian Danny Pellegrino blesses the pod to talk with Devin and Carolina about the reality TV love lives we can’t turn away from. They discuss various REAL relationships from Bethenny ever After, to the Real World: Vegas threesome, to NeNe and Kim. Carolina and Devin also answer a couple of advice questions about butterflies and sex drive. Check it out! Learn more about your ad-choices at https:/...

Carolina and Devin break down some of the early oughts teen TV shows that shaped their romantic ideals from Tami and Coach Taylor to Lizzie and Gordo. They also dramatically read from the Instagram literature of the House Bieber and answer a listener question about finding closure post-break up.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener f...

On this episode of True Romance we hang out with Sophia Cleary, comedian and ex-doula who blows our minds with her wisdom. We talk the sneaky Swamp Creature that is JEALOUSY, and the lethal pillow-smothering goddess that is Co-Dependency. We also manage to cover the emotional minefields of Bachelor in Paradise, Carolina’s identification with Kathy Bates in Misery, and Devin’s jealousy of Olympic C...

Carolina and Devin discuss TRUE DIVORCE with famed attorney Laura Wasser. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carolina and Devin discuss weddings, engagements and MARRIAGE, aka the contract of servitude that they both really really want to sign for some reason. They touch on Instagram proposals, eloping, their favorite celeb weddings and the terrifying matrimony of Jax and Brittany from "Vanderpump Rules". They bring in their friend PATRICK MOORE to talk about the time he got broken up with two weeks befo...

Carolina and Devin are joined by Shayla Lawson, the author of " This is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope" to discuss waiting till marriage, Mark Zuckerberg’s bangs, and how online dating makes you feel like an alien. Purchase This is Major here and support your local bookstores!: https://bookshop.org/books/this-is-major-notes-on-diana-ross-dark-girls-and-being-dope/9780062890...